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<p><i>From OIC Updates on Facebook:</i></p>
<div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">As Carers Week comes to a close, we're very excited to share with you that care and support for those living with dementia and their families in Orkney has taken a significant step forward with the launch of a new Admiral Nurse service - a first in Scotland!</div></div>
<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">In collaboration with Orkney Health & Care (OHAC) and Dementia UK, @Age Scotland Orkney are looking to recruit a registered specialist dementia nurse, known as an Admiral Nurse.</div></div>
<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Dementia UK is the specialist dementia <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit;"><a tabindex="-1" style="color: rgb(56, 88, 152); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit;"></a></span>nursing charity that is there for the whole family. Their nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, provide free, specialist advice, support and understanding to anyone affected by dementia.</div></div>
<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Dementia UK has made the commitment alongside OHAC to each provide 50% funding costs for the Admiral Nurse - with Age Scotland Orkney providing the management support for two years.</div></div>
<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Chief Executive of Age Scotland Orkney, Gillian Skuse, says: "Admiral Nurses are to those living with dementia and their families what Macmillan Nurses are to those with cancer”.</div></div>
<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">“This is another example of partnership working at its absolute best and I cannot thank my colleagues at Orkney Health and Care and Dementia UK enough for helping to make this happen."</div></div>
<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">The new service will mean additional GP and nurse clinics being run from Age Scotland Orkney’s Victoria Street premises in Kirkwall. An open referral system will mean anyone with concerns can call Age Scotland Orkney for signposting to the next steps.</div></div>
<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Gillian said: “The most important thing is for the diagnosis to be made and once a referral is made to ourselves, the team here alongside the Admiral Nurse will come up with a plan that best suits each individual person and family.</div></div>
<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">“People can live for many years with dementia, and we need to make every one of them count for all the right reasons.”</div></div>
<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Admiral Nurses help people living with dementia stay independent for longer – and support the people caring for them so that they will have the strength to cope with the bad days, and the energy to enjoy the good days.</div></div>
<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">OHAC Chief Officer Stephen Brown said they recognised the importance of the Admiral Nursing service and were keen to give it their support:</div></div>
<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">“We have been working closely with Gillian at ASO and Dementia UK to make this aspiration a reality, which will ensure people and their families living with dementia in Orkney get the best care and support we can offer.</div></div>
<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">“Orkney is once again demonstrating innovative practice and a community solution through partnership working. We are delighted to support this Admiral Nursing service.”</div></div>
<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Read more about Admiral Nurses, the support they provide, how the new service fits with Orkney's Dementia Strategy, and how to apply for the post, here <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.orkney.gov.uk/News?postid=7659&fbclid=IwAR3Ob8qHhI6cKiIwsFHrsPLYpnhgq_ymtcY-KLzgpab6MxBTnWJqj3-ZCyI" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" tabindex="0" target="_blank" style="color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; text-align: inherit; padding: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; display: inline; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit;">https://www.orkney.gov.uk/News?postid=7659</a></span></div></div>
<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">The closing date is 23 June 2023.</div></div>
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